hunt somebody/something ↔ out

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhunt somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1LOOK FORto search for someone or something in order to catch, kill, or destroy themThe plane was on a mission to hunt out enemy submarines.2LOOK FORto search for and find something that you need or want, but that is difficult to findIn the school library, he hunted out books on politics. →hunt→ See Verb table